diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index fe17e0be2d7b..4d181478c5b8 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ struct root_domain {
 	cpumask_var_t		online;
 
 	/* Indicate more than one runnable task for any CPU */
-	bool			overload;
+	int			overload;
 
 	/*
 	 * The bit corresponding to a CPU gets set here if such CPU has more
@@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@ static inline void add_nr_running(struct rq *rq, unsigned count)
 	if (prev_nr < 2 && rq->nr_running >= 2) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 		if (!rq->rd->overload)
-			rq->rd->overload = true;
+			rq->rd->overload = 1;
 #endif
 	}